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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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